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☆ Here's everything to expect when the September jobs report is released Friday
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"The jobs market is slowing down and becoming less tight," said Katie Nixon, chief investment officer at Northern Trust Wealth Management. Then there are the monthly revisions that have been dramatic at times, causing the Labor Department to overcount hiring by more than 800,000 for the 12-month period through March 2024, adding uncertainty to jobs market analysis. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the report at 8:30 a.m. Looking for cluesStill, markets will in fact be watching the report closely. At the same meeting where they approved the reduction, policymakers indicated another half percentage point, or 50 basis points, in cuts before the end of 2024 and another full percentage point in 2025.

Persons: Angus Mordant, Nonfarm, Dow Jones, Katie Nixon, We've, there's, David Kelly, Helene —, JPMorgan's Kelly, Kelly Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Federal Reserve, Trust Wealth Management, Labor Department, Asset Management, Labor Statistics Locations: Albany, Latham , New York

☆ What made Reddit's IPO successful? Business leaders share key strategies for launching into the public market.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Jean Paik | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Leaders recommend preparing for an IPO well in advance and tailoring the process to a company's needs. Reddit recently made its successful debut on the public market, pricing its shares at the top of the expected valuation range. Business Insider's virtual event "The Road to IPO," in collaboration with Fidelity, brought together a panel to discuss the key preparations, concerns, and decision-making strategies for business leaders looking to go public. "It gave us a chance to really think to practice being a public company without actually being one." Before and after going public, Rose said, the company has valued transparency with its employees.

Persons: —, Jesse Rose, Reddit's, Goldman Sachs, Watkins, Akin Oyedele, Elizabeth Reed, Rose, Reddit, Kristen Craft, Rick Kline, Latham, Spiegelberg Organizations: Fidelity, Service, Business, Reddit, Brunswick Group, Latham, Fidelity Private, Watkins, Bay Area

☆ A transgender woman was found killed in a West Baltimore alleyway, prompting demands for answers and justice
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Police had not publicly speculated on a motive or announced an arrest in connection with the killing as of Thursday. Homicide detectives were investigating her death and no further details regarding her death were available, Baltimore police Detective Niki Fennoy told CNN on Thursday. The impact of anti-trans violence negatively impacts our mental health and our ability to live healthy and happy lives,” Cooper told CNN. “I’m very stressed and distraught about the death of Tai, especially in this time due to her tragic and violent death,” Desire Bandz, a 30-year-old transgender woman also living in Baltimore, told CNN. Maryland has had 18 killings of transgender people since 2013 – the eighth-highest total by state in that time, tied with Illinois, according to HRC.

Persons: Tai’Vion Lathan, Tai, ’, ” Lathan’s, Carolyn Robinson, Owens, Lathan, Tai’Vion, Niki Fennoy, Lathan’s, Mary Robinson, Tori Cooper, ” Cooper, “, it’s, ” Desire Bandz, ” Bandz, ”, “ We’re, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, CNN’s Nia Mclean Organizations: CNN, Police, Human, Homicide, Baltimore, Baltimore police, Metro, Baltimore Safe, “, Baltimore Mayor, WMAR, Illinois, HRC Locations: Baltimore’s West Baltimore, United States, West, Baltimore, America, WMAR . Maryland

Does breaking a lease affect my credit score? A broken lease, in itself, will not damage your credit score as it doesn't appear on your credit report. Other ways breaking a lease can financially impact youBesides damaging your credit score, breaking a lease could also financially impact you in the following ways. Any damage to your credit score will be affected by your current credit score and financial history. However, you can add your rent payments to your credit report using a rent reporting service, which can help improve your credit score.

Persons: —, Scott Neu, you've, Neu, Andrew Latham Organizations: AIF, Gray Wealth Management Locations: Chevron

☆ Wall Street Law Firms Are in a Poaching Frenzy. Kind of Like the N.B.A.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Maureen Farrell | Anupreeta Das | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hotshot Wall Street lawyers are now so in demand that bidding wars between firms for their services can resemble the frenzy among teams to sign star athletes. In recent years, highly profitable private equity giants like Apollo, Blackstone and KKR have moved beyond company buyouts into real estate, private lending, insurance and other businesses, amassing trillions of dollars in assets. As their demand for legal services has skyrocketed, they have become big revenue drivers for law firms. This is pushing up lawyers’ pay across the industry, including at some of Wall Street’s most prestigious firms, such as Kirkland & Ellis; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Davis Polk; Latham & Watkins; and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Lawyers with close ties to private equity increasingly enjoy pay and prestige similar to those of star lawyers who represent America’s blue-chip companies and advise them on high-profile mergers, takeover battles and litigation.

Persons: Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk, Paul, Weiss Organizations: Blackstone, KKR, Kirkland, Ellis, Bartlett, Latham, Watkins, Garrison, Lawyers Locations: Rifkind, Wharton

☆ Former U.S. military aviators on leadership and ambition
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer U.S. military aviators on leadership and ambition"Leaders aren't born; leaders are made." Former U.S. military pilots Jack "Razor" Gillett, Jim "Zeke" Lloyd, Elester "Hollywood" Latham, and Bill "Offender" Moir share their personal stories and what ambition means to them.

Persons: Jack, Razor, Gillett, Jim, Zeke, Lloyd, Elester, Latham, Moir Organizations: Former, Former U.S

☆ Trump Georgia election case halted pending outcome of challenge to D.A.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday halted the criminal election case against Donald Trump in the state pending the outcome of his bid to disqualify the district attorney prosecuting the former president. The order by the Georgia Court of Appeals all but guarantees that Trump and eight co-defendants in the case will not stand trial before the November presidential election, where Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee. The appeals court said it would hear arguments on Oct. 4 on Trump's effort to boot Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the case. The appeals court must rule on the question by March 14, 2025, according to the court's website. The appeals court order Wednesday halting the case also applies to Rudy Giuliani, David Shafer, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, Mark Meadows, Cathy Latham, Jeffrey Clark and Harrison Floyd.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Fani Willis, Scott McAfee, Willis, Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani, David Shafer, Robert Cheeley, Michael Roman, Mark Meadows, Cathy Latham, Jeffrey Clark, Harrison Floyd, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels Organizations: Georgia, Trump, Republican, Fulton Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Fulton County, New York, Manhattan

☆ Binance's ex-CEO begins prison sentence in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Binance's billionaire founder Changpeng Zhao has reported to a low-security federal prison in Lompoc, California. CNBC reached out to Zhao's defense team at Latham & Watkins to confirm that the former crypto chief is now in custody. Zhao was sentenced to four months in prison in April after pleading guilty to charges of enabling money laundering at his crypto exchange. The sentence handed down to the former Binance chief was significantly less than the three years that federal prosecutors had been seeking for him. "I'm sorry," Zhao told U.S. District Judge Richard Jones before receiving his sentence, according to Reuters.

Persons: Changpeng Zhao, Watkins, Zhao, Richard Jones, … Organizations: CNBC, Latham, U.S, District, Reuters Locations: Lompoc , California

☆ US law firms ramp up London talent war with huge junior lawyer salaries and high-profile hires
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

US law firms are increasingly poaching top UK lawyers. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementUS law firms are pushing ahead with their bid to dominate the City of London's legal scene. Latham & Watkins, the world's second-largest law firm by revenue, is just one such firm targeting the UK market. Last year, Latham poached top capital markets lawyer Mark Austin from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, a member of the "magic circle" — a term used to describe five elite UK law firms.

Persons: Watkins, —, Latham, Mark Austin, Bruckhaus Organizations: Latham, London, Service, Business

☆ I was fired from my accounting job and had to give up my apartment and sleep on my friend's floor. Now, I make $500,000 a year as a YouTuber.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I run the YouTube entertainment news channel Funky Dineva, but I started my career as an accountant after graduating in 2005 with an economics degree. I have a creative personality, and I found the routine and confinement of accounting to be painful and unbearable. AdvertisementI had a YouTube channel that I decided to start taking seriouslyI decided that moving forward, I would do what's authentic to me: entertainment. I launched my YouTube channel in December 2010 but didn't start treating it like a job until I was out of accounting. I interviewed members of the cast backstage, and the content was used as digital assets for the brand on its website.

Persons: —, Quentin Latham, I'm, Mona Scott Young, I've Organizations: Service, Business, YouTube, Montgomery Riverfront, Kanye, VH1, Atlanta, College, Google Locations: Miami

☆ Squarespace to go private in $7 billion private-equity deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The New York Stock Exchange welcomes Squarespace, Inc. (NYSE: SQSP), on May 19, 2021, in celebration of its Direct Listing. Squarespace , the website-building platform, announced on Monday it would go private in a $6.9 billion all-cash deal with private-equity firm Permira, after nearly three turbulent years on the public market. All three have approved the transaction and will continue to be investors after the Permira deal closes. Qualtrics, for example, was spun off from SAP in 2021 and was quickly taken private again in 2023 by Canada's pension plan and Silver Lake in a $12.5 billion deal. Japanese giant Toshiba also went private in 2023 in a $13.6 billion deal, after years of speculation and tumult, including a sustained engagement with activist investor Elliott.

Persons: Squarespace, Permira, Anthony Casalena, Ares Capital, Anthony, David Erlong, Squarespace's, Elliott, Morgan, Skadden, Richards, Layton, Finger, Goldman Sachs, Watkins Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Inc, Accel, General Atlantic, Ares, Blackstone, SAP, Toshiba, Investors, Latham Locations: J.P

☆ Roblox steps up its 'year of scale' with new ad formats, hires, and key partnerships as it aims to build a $1 billion ads business
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Video ads within Roblox are similar to real-world digital out-of-home advertising. A Roblox Portal Ad for a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" pizza party experience. Roblox/GamefamRoblox's partnerships boss, Christina Wootton, previously told Business Insider that while 2023 was a year of testing, 2024 would be the "year of scale" for its ads business. Roblox ads are labeled and can only be served to users over the age of 13, the company said. "If you literally just slap ads within the game, people are going to run a mile," Litman added.

Persons: Roblox, we'll, Stephanie Latham, Christina Wootton, Michael Guthrie, Latham, Ben Fox, David Vesper, it's, Nathan Pillot, Pillot, It's, Michael Litman, Litman Organizations: Business, Walmart, Warner Bros . Pictures, HUGO, Meta, Yahoo, Google, Social, viewability, Media.Monks, Logitech Locations: Roblox

☆ Opinion | Hey, Losers! Here’s How to Bring Baseball’s Very Boring Era to an End.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Rafi Kohan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Action in the form of runs scored and stolen bases went up, even as the average time of a nine-inning game went way down — sliced by nearly 25 minutes from the previous season. Additional rule tweaks are in store for the 2024 season, as M.L.B. Which is to say: It’s time to bring back bench jockeying. All that changed in the 1880s, when a ballplayer named Arlie Latham started making a whole lot of noise. As a player, Latham peaked in the 1887 season, in which he batted .316, stole 129 bases and scored 163 runs.

Persons: who’ve, Arlie Latham, Latham, — Organizations: Major League Baseball

☆ Photographer steps inside Vietnam’s shadowy ‘click farms’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Bibek Bhandari | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“With social media, our attention is a product for advertisers and marketers.”Jack Latham’s project took him to five click farms in Vietnam. Though it is unclear when click farms began proliferating, tech experts warned about “virtual gang masters” operating them from low-income countries as early as 2007. In the following decades, click farms exploded in number — particularly in Asia, where they can be found across India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines and beyond. The photographer added that TikTok is now the most popular platform at the click farms he visited. He included them in the book to represent the kind of content he saw being boosted by click farms.

Persons: Jack Latham, Vietnam —, ” Latham, Jack Latham’s, Latham, ”, Cambodia’s, Hun Sen, Donald Trump, — Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Twitter, China Advertising Association, “, BBC, Here Locations: Vietnam, Hanoi, Asia, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, China, Silicon, Hong Kong, —, North Macedonia, Vevey, Switzerland

☆ Pharmaceutical companies behind weight-loss drugs are slimming down a new target: The Magnificent 7
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at pharma companies' surging stocks and threatening tech darlings thanks to their weight-loss drugs. And it comes despite only 1% of US adults taking weight-loss drugs, according to Bank of America , which predicts that number could rise to 15% by 2035. Weight-loss drugs are also cutting more than just fat. For Wall Street, meanwhile, the equation is much simpler: Getting more people on weight-loss drugs boosts the economy. The trend, which will be powered by cash-rich mega-cap tech companies, is thanks to strong earnings growth, the bank said.

Persons: —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump —, Trump, Zhan, Eli Lilly, Tesla, Hannah Latham, Octavio Jones, Christian Rodriguez, Laura MacPherson, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, they're, Goldman Sachs, Biden, Barry Sternlicht, Fernando Gutierrez, It's, Elon Musk, TikTok, Pete Ryan, RJ Scaringe, Dan DeFrancesco, Hallam Bullock, Jordan Parker Erb, George Glover Organizations: Service, pharma, Business, Tesla, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Pfizer, Novo Nordisk, Bank of America, Nvidia, Companies, Fed, Infrastructure Investment, Alpha, Commission, Elon, EV, Nike, Congress, White, Meta, SXSW Locations: China, US, New York, London

☆ Trump DA Fani Willis' credibility has been shot over messy testimony — but perjury charges are very unlikely: legal experts
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

DA Fani Willis' credibility has been damaged following a misconduct hearing, legal experts said. Willis' 'credibility is shot'Legal experts have long said that the hearing, and the relationship between Willis and Wade, doesn't look good for Willis. Rahmani said the distraction of it all is enough that Willis should recuse herself from the Trump case. On trips they took together, Willis and Wade testified that Willis paid Wade back for her portion in cash. Ms. Yeager heard District Attorney Willis tell Mr. Bradley: 'They are coming after us.

Persons: Fani Willis, Willis, Donald Trump, —, Trump, Wade, it's, Rahmani, Ashleigh Merchant, Trump codefendant Mike Roman, Nathan Wade, Wade —, Daysha Young, Andrew Evans, Alex Slitz, doesn't, Sarah Krissoff, Cozen O'Connor, Krissoff, Scott McAfee, McAfee, Terrence Bradley, Merchant, Bradley, Manny Arora, Cindi Lee Yeager, Cobb County , Georgia —, Trump codefendant David Shafer, Yeager, John Bazemore, Elijah Nouvelage, Mr, Trump codefendant Cathleen Latham, Arora —, Kenneth Chesebro, Arora, Adam Abbate, Abbate Organizations: Service, Fulton, West, Trial, Trump codefendant, Trump, codefendants, Merchant, Wade, Business, USA, Network, Reuters, District Attorney, AP, Washington Post Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, California, Atlanta, Manhattan, Fulton, Cobb County , Georgia

☆ Meghan and Prince Harry's biographer Omid Scobie says he was harassed and called a 'terrorist' for publicly supporting the couple
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

AdvertisementIt's the day after Thanksgiving and Omid Scobie has been awake since 5 a.m. at his home in California. Scobie can relate to Meghan Markle's experiencesAfter a while, some British publications started referring to Scobie as Meghan and Harry's "mouthpiece" and "cheerleader," he wrote in the book. Despite having her own tormentors to deal with, Meghan reportedly called Scobie in the summer of 2018 to check if he was OK. AdvertisementRepresentatives for the royal family are yet to publicly comment on the book. Speaking to Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Prince Harry said the royals have an "invisible contract" with the tabloids, where they wine and dine certain reporters in exchange for better coverage.

Persons: Omid Scobie, Scobie, —, Queen Elizabeth II's, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Luke Fontana, Harry, Meghan, Meghan Markle's, It's, I've, Duchess, Doria Ragland, Sara Latham, Carolyn Durand, Duke, Duchess of, Harper Collins, King Charles, Prince William's, King Charles and Prince William, Chris Jackson, William, Rebecca English, Oprah Winfrey, you've, Anita Singh, Piers Morgan, Morgan, Queen Camilla Organizations: Service, ABC, Daily Mail, Mail, New York Times, Getty Images, REUTERS, Daily, Sun Locations: California, Harper's, London, British, Iranian, Sussex, Duchess of Sussex, Buckingham, Kensington

Oil futures traded steady ahead of next week's OPEC+ meeting, which could bring some kind of agreement on output cuts in 2024. Gold futures finished higher as the dollar index slipped against a basket of currencies on Friday. Germany's 10-year government bond yield , the benchmark for the euro area, rose 3 basis points to a 1-1/2-week high. Oil prices were steady after tumbling more than 1% on concerns over a delayed OPEC+ meeting. ($1 = 7.2111 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Chris Prentice in New York, Naomi Rovnick in London and Stella Qiu in Sydney.

Persons: Caitlin Ochs, Germany's DAX, Peter Doherty, Arbuthnot Latham, Robert Holzmann, Pierre Wunsch, Chris Prentice, Naomi Rovnick, Stella Qiu, Toby Chopra, Susan Fenton, Mark Potter, Deepa Babington Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, U.S, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Hamas, P Global, European Central Bank, ECB, Bank of England, Japan's Nikkei, China's CSI, Brent, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, OPEC, Germany, Israel, London, Belgian, Asia, New York, Sydney

Photographers take photos near a large screen showing stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) after market opens in Tokyo, Japan October 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON/SYDNEY, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Global shares drifted on Friday in the absence of guidance from Wall Street, which was closed for the Thanksgiving holiday the previous day, but they were still on course for their best month since November 2020. An indecisive Asia session extended to Europe, with the Stoxx 600 share index (.STOXX) trading flat. Despite optimism having surged across global markets this month, there may also be a lull ahead as investors position their portfolios for 2024, some analysts said. Minutes from the latest Fed policy meeting signalled there would not be more hikes unless progress against taming inflation faltered.

Persons: Kim Kyung, Peter Doherty, Arbuthnot Latham, Shane Oliver, Naomi Rovnick, Stella Qiu, Sam Holmes, Robert Birsel, Toby Chopra, Susan Fenton Organizations: Tokyo Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Global, Wall, Nasdaq, Hamas, AMP, European Central Bank, ECB, Bank of England, Japan's Nikkei, China's CSI, Brent, Thomson Locations: Tokyo, Japan, SYDNEY, Asia, Europe, Israel, U.S, London, OPEC

☆ India win toss, bat first against New Zealand in semi-final
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sudipto Ganguly | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/13] Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Semi-Final - India v New Zealand - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India - November 15, 2023 India's Virat Kohli celebrates after reaching his 50th century, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record of most number of ODI centuries REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Acquire Licensing RightsMUMBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the first World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. The venue, where India won their last 50-overs World Cup title, has hosted four day-night contests so far at this tournament with three of those being won by the team batting first. Australia were the only team to win batting second at the ground after Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten double hundred. For Wednesday's contest, both India and New Zealand were unchanged from their previous match. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he would have batted first as well.

Persons: India's Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar's, Adnan Abidi, Rohit Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, we've, Sharma, I've, Kane Williamson, Williamson, they've, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitch Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Sudipto Ganguly, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Wankhede, Rights, India, Black, KL Rahul, Thomson Locations: India, New, Mumbai, Rights MUMBAI, Australia, New Zealand, Dharamsala . New Zealand, South Africa, Eden, Ahmedabad, Zealand

☆ Plug Power shares dive on raising going concern doubts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Shares of Plug Power (PLUG.O) plunged nearly 30% in premarket trading on Friday after the hydrogen fuelcell maker raised going concern doubts. Plug has been facing liquidity issues and has lost more than half of its market capitalization since the start of the year. Its annual financial performance has also been impacted by "unprecedented" supply challenges in the hydrogen network in North America. The Latham, New York-based Plug said cash and equivalents at the end on Sept. 30 stood at $110.8 million. Plug on Thursday also reported a bigger loss for the three months ended Sept. 30 and its revenue of $198.7 million widely missed estimate of $228.2 million, according to LSEG data.

Persons: The Latham, J.P, Morgan, Bill Peterson, Tanay, Maju Samuel Organizations: U.S . Department Of Energy, Thomson Locations: North America, New York, Bengaluru

☆ New Zealand restrict Sri Lanka to 171 in vital World Cup game
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Seamer Trent Boult and spinner Mitchell Santner landed timely blows as New Zealand restricted Sri Lanka to 171 all out in their World Cup encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. A big win for New Zealand will put them in a strong position to bag the last semi-final spot and join India, South Africa and Australia, while Sri Lanka need a victory to boost their chances of a top-eight finish for 2025 Champions Trophy qualification. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson's decision to bowl after winning the toss paid off early as pacemen Boult (3-37) and Tim Southee (1-52) ripped through Sri Lanka's top-order to leave them in trouble at 32-3 inside five overs. A fit-again Lockie Ferguson (2-35) struck in his second over to dismiss the aggressive Perera for 51 as Sri Lanka crumbled to 70-5 before folding in the 47th over for a modest total after Santner (2-22) and Rachin Ravindra (2-21) joined the party. Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Seamer Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Kane Williamson's, pacemen Boult, Tim Southee, Kusal Perera, Tom Latham, Boult, Charith Asalanka, Lockie Ferguson, Perera, Rachin Ravindra, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: New Zealand, Sri, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka's, New Zealand, Bengaluru

☆ 'Looksmaxxing' is the new TikTok trend for young men who want to be hot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Looksmaxxing" is the Tiktok trend taking hold among some young men who want to be better-looking. The New York Times wrote about the trend, which has shifted from a friendlier version on Tiktok, where handsome men give basic advice. The story points out that much of the TikTok version of the trend is simply helpful, basic advice, and the target audience is often young teenage men — a demographic that can be hygienically challenged. Calling these basic tips "looksmaxxing" — and treating it like getting "facial gains" — is silly. But this is the first time we're seeing swaths of young men gathering online to talk about it with these meme-y terms like "mogging" (looking hotter than someone else).

Persons: —, looksmaxxing, Latham, Dillion Latham, — they're, It's, Looksmaxxers Organizations: Service, The New York Times, GQ, 4chan Locations: British

☆ Top legal firms criticize law schools they hire from, accusing them of failing to address antisemitism on campuses
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

24 US law firms wrote to college deans, demanding that they tackle antisemitism on their campuses. The White House warned this week of an "alarming" rise in antisemitism on US college campuses. AdvertisementAdvertisementSome of the US' largest law firms have penned an open letter to law school deans, demanding that they address incidents of antisemitism on their campuses. This follows a call last month by a law professor from the University of California Berkeley who urged law firms not to hire students with antisemitic views. A number of Jewish college students are planning to sue several elite universities, including Cornell and Harvard, over a perceived inaction on antisemitism.

Persons: —, Kirkland, Latham, Watkins, Skadden, Sidley Austin, Morgan, Lewis, Gibson, Dunn, Patrick Dai Organizations: Service, University of California, Defamation, Cornell University, Cornell, Harvard, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania Locations: University of California Berkeley, Israel, Gaza

☆ Ferguson to return for NZ v SA, but Chapman, Williamson doubtful
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"We'll obviously get through hopefully a bit of work today and then we'll see how they pull up from a selection point of view," the wicketkeeper-captain said. "Lockie went off in the last game with a bit of an Achilles' niggle, so fingers crossed he'll be fine for tomorrow." Ferguson was injured during Saturday's high-scoring game against Australia which New Zealand lost by five runs, falling to fourth on the table. "So fingers crossed, all those guys can get through a bit of work today at training and be ready to go tomorrow." The Black Caps face in-form South Africa who have climbed to second in the table with three straight wins.

Persons: Zealand's Lockie Ferguson, Andrew Couldridge, Tom Latham, Lockie Ferguson, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Pune . Latham, Williamson, Lockie, Achilles, niggle, Ferguson, Chapman, Neesham, We've, Latham, Chiranjit, Ed Osmond Organizations: New, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, Pune ., Africa, Bengaluru

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